Upward Bound: First year. Воробьева М.Г - 4 стр.

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If the applicants want to have a good command of the subject
in which they will take examinations, they attend preliminary courses.
Most students receive grants. The amount depends on the results
of the previous set of examinations.
The first two years of study are generally the most difficult. The
students may have up to 30 hours a week of seminars, lectures and
classes.
Apart from the major subject and its allied subjects, University
students follow courses in Socio-Political Economy.
Sport is also compulsory during the first years of study.
Students’ life is a very full one, both academically and culturally.
Students have holidays twice a year, at the end of each set of
examinations.
In winter when examinations are over students may spend
their vacation in the country where they skate and ski, or they may
go to warmer places where it is possible to sunbathe and swim even
at this time of the year. Unfortunately there are some students who
fail exams. They stay in town and cram for their failed exams.
Now more and more young people understand that education
provides the younger generation not only with formal learning, but
with social, moral and political ideas.
Ex. 2. Ask questions about the texts and let your fellow-students
answer them.
Ex. 3. Retell the text.
DIALOGUE
Ex. 1. Read and translate the dialogue.
Once a year every faculty gives an interview for candidates
seeking admission. The dean and some on the lecturers welcome
them and answer all their questions thoroughly.
A: Is there any difference in the curriculum for fulltime and
part-time students?
Dean: Yes, there is. The evening department holds classes only four
times a week, and therefore their course runs for six years.
B: We have heard that there is a well-equipped language
laboratory at the Philological faculty. Shall we be able to

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